Former Senator Simeon D. Fess Dies in Washington
Former Ohio senator Simeon D. Fess, 75, died of a heart attack in a Washington hotel. He arrived from Ohio that morning and collapsed in his room while talking on the telephone. His son Charles Fess was summoned. Fess had served ten years in the Senate and two terms as chairman of the Republican National Committee.
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Washington
Simeon D. Fe
Ohio
Fess
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Republica National “Committee
Herbert Hoover
Margaret L. Walsh
Samuel Baker
Peace Parley is Concluded in Buenos Aires
The Inter-American Peace Conference closed with a call to settle the Bolivian Paraguayan border dispute. Hull, Saavedra Lamas, and Concha spoke as the event planned reviews and urged continued work toward regional peace. A follow up conference was slated for Lima in 1938.
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Buenos Aires
Bolivia
Paraguay
U. S
Cordell Hull
Carlos Saavedra ‘Lamas
Carlos Concha
Lima
Peru
Spain
Drive Safely Warns After Skid Crash Near Roderfield
A car skidded into a truck at Roderfield injuring a passenger with a back injury. The Taylor County Safety Council urges motorists to slow down and beware slick spots to prevent similar incidents.
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Roderfield
Taylor County Safety Council
Mother killed attempting to rout burglars at Wheeling beer garden
In Wheeling, West Virginia, a mother of five was shot dead in a South Wheeling beer garden while confronting two men rifling slot machines. John Bries, her husband, identified the shooters and said three bullets hit the heart and one struck the neck. The couple’s dog reportedly woke Bries before the tragedy.
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Wheeling
South Wheeling
John Bries
Bries
Jumbo
Monongalia Sheriff Selects Deputies in Morgantown
Sheriff-elect Tom O'Hara appointed Leo Fleming as chief deputy and reappointed George Schetick Floyd G Cavaughn and Hugh Brand from retiring sheriff Pearl Hickman’s staff. He named Alex Curren Thomas Salucci Miss Dorothea Armstrong and A L Foster as additional deputies in a Republican slate.
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Morgantown
Tom O'Hara
Leo Fleming
George Schetick
Floyd G. Cavaughn
Hugh Brand
Pearl T. Hickman
Alex Curren
Thomas Salucci
Dorothea Armstrong
A. L. Foster
Axe Slayer of Father Is Given Seven Years
Leb anon Virginia December 23 Young Foster Hubbard 19 was sentenced to seven years in prison by a Russell county circuit jury for the axe slaying of his father. The jury was out about one hour. Judge A G Lively overruled a defense motion to set aside the verdict and imposed the sentence. Commonwealth Attorney L E Fuller presented witnesses who said Hubbard had repeatedly threatened his father. Hubbard said he struck in defense of his mother.
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Lebanon
Foster Hubbard
Russel County
A. G. Lively
Commonwealth
L. E. Fuller
Hubbard
Gas Station Attendant Held Up by Robbers
Two men with pistols robbed Ralph Hogg, a gas station attendant in Huntington, taking about $300 after he filled their tank. They forced him to hand over the cash, then locked him in a lavatory before fleeing.
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Huntington
Ralph Hogg
Hogg
Union seeks to sign all automakers in industry
Detroit dispatch reports the United Automobile Workers vowed to sign collective bargaining agreements with every auto unit from parts makers to Chrysler Ford and General Motors. Homer Martin, UAW president, said the union aims for nationwide bargaining and will organize Ford as well as GM. Continued on page two.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers of America
Chrysler
Ford
General Motors
Homer Martin
General Motors Corporation
Battle over liquor store location in Clarksburg
State Liquor Commission plans to move its Elling store within 100 feet of a church in Clarksburg prompting a protest from State Senator J Buhl Shahan Democrat of Elkins. Shahan says he cannot remain inactive but offers no action if plan proceeds. The Elkins store would move to the Elkins National Bank building, formerly housing jeweler Paul H Neffin who was ousted.
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State Liquor Commission
Elling
J. Buhl Shahan
Elkins
Shahan
Jeweler
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Liquor’s Commission
Elkins National Bank
Paul H. Neffiin
Missing Hunter Crum Found Dead in Woods Near Huntington
Worthy M. Crum a 37 year old hunter from Huntington was found deceased in deep woods near Glenwood. Coroner cites exposure after tumbling from a cliff while fox hunting. He left home Saturday. his family and companions aided the search. Surviving wife two daughters and a son.
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Point Pleasant
Worthy M. Crum
Huntington
J. M. Fadaley
Crum
Shirley Clinton
Herschel Jeffers
Leslie Hesson
Clinton
Glenwood
Democrats Plan Banquet on Birthday of Wilson
Governor elect Homer A Holt and other state party leaders were invited to a Taylor county Democratic executive committee banquet at the Hotel Grafton next Tuesday evening December 38 celebrating Woodrow Wilsons birthday. It was not certain if the governor elect would attend. A program is being arranged.
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Homer A. Holt
Hotel Grafton
Woodrow Wilson
Taylor County
Democratic Executive Committee
Harry Friedman
Lost airship mystery spurs new Utah clue
Spokane report says a turkey buyer saw a plane with engines sputtering near St George Utah before vanishing over Cottonwood rock. Western Air Express investigates as ground parties search Pine Valley area for the missing airliner carrying seven aboard.
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Spokane
Wash
Utah
Western Air Express
Los Angeles
Salt Lake
St. George
Western Air
M. D. Talley
Pine Valley
Talley
Washington
Cottonwood Creek
Plue Ave
Must Reserve Places Now For G H S Alumni Dinner
Grafton High School alumni banquet plans require reservations by tomorrow through Miss Florence Wittman secretary of the association. President E Bailey Wyckoff notes early bookings aid arrangements with Andrews M E church ladies hosting the meal. The dinner December 28 at 6 30 p m at Andrews church will feature Hon Fred O Blue as principal speaker.
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Grafton High School
Florence Wittman
E. Bailey Wyckoff
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Andrews Church
Fred O. Blue
Grafton
Wyckoff
Man's Strange Monologue Ended by Death in Florida
Howard Stillman, a 44 year old farmer from Fort McCoy, spoke endlessly for 18 days before dying from brain inflammation affecting speech. His sister Miss Lucy Stillman, a missionary in New York, learned of his death at sea while traveling home. Doctor J L Chalker said the condition started rational then rambling as his strength waned.
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Ocala, Fla
Howard Stillman
Farmer
Lucy Stillman
New York
China
J. L. Chalker
Ocala
Stillman
Fort McCoy
Heaviest Holiday Mail Load Reported Across Nation
An Associated Press survey shows a record holiday mail volume with postmen carrying heavier loads than in 1935. First class and circular cancellations hit major milestones in cities like Chicago St Paul Cleveland Los Angeles and Cincinnati while New York and Detroit posted peak figures. Postmaster General notes hiring extra staff to manage the surge. Continued on Page Four.
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Associated Press
ST. Paul
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
Goldman
New York
Manhattan
Cincinnati
Peter Wiggle
Detroit
Washington
Carburetor Explodes Injuring Youth in Newburg
In Newburg a car carburetor exploded injuring 19-year-old Junior Chidester. Doctors warned he may lose sight in one eye. He said he held a blazing piece of paper under the hood to inspect the motor misfire when the fire started.
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Newburg
Chidester
Batson appoints Withers deputy assessor in Taylor county
J. G. Withers of Fetterman district was sworn in today as deputy assessor replacing Ed. C. Newham who had held the post. Newham remains bookkeeper for the county welfare department after declining to resign his current job to take the assessor post. The advisory welfare council met last night and confirmed the decision.
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J. G. Withers
Fetterman
Ed. C. Newham
Harry Batson
Withers
Taylor County’ Court
Newham
County Welfare Department
Welfare Department
Harvey
Hopkins Ultimatum Threatens Relief Split in Congress
Washington reports a Hopkins demand for 750 million dollars to sustain relief through June, triggering a split in administration camps. One faction backs Hopkins while another urges relief cuts to move toward a balanced budget, exceeding F D B estimates and Roosevelt’s cited maximum. Continued on page four.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Works Progress
Congress
Hopkins
Hopkin
Roosevelt
Extradition Delay Frees Accused Check Forger
Ross Johnson, 45, was released in Dayton as Judge Mason Douglass granted a writ of habeas corpus delaying extradition to Huntington West Virginia. The delay follows a nine year old check charge pressed by Earl Strum. Johnson, a stoker engineer, had lived in Dayton during that period and the judge cited humanity and his law abiding record.
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Dayton
Ross Johnson
Huntington
W. Va
Mason Douglass
Martin L. Davey
Douglass
Johnson
Earl Strum
Stoker
Parole Granted By Kump Scans Pardons In Charleston
Governor Kump granted another parole in Charleston today, bringing the total to 73 penitentiary inmates freed. The seventy third parole was issued to Bill Myles of Greenbrier county, sentenced in 1933 for breaking and entering to a three year term. The governor then reviewed about a dozen pardon applications from the state board and was expected to act on them later.
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Charleston
Kump
Bill Myles
Greenbrier County
No Snow In Section Christmas Forecast
A cloudy but snowless Christmas was forecast for most of the eastern United States. The Ohio Valley and the northern border were the only areas likely to see a white Christmas. Temperatures have risen across the nation and the Weather Bureau said some existing snow would probably melt.
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Washington
United States
Ohio Valley
Weather Bureau
Cuban president seeks right to defend himself in impeachment
Havana December 23. President Miguel Mariano Gomez asks the Senate for leave to defend himself against impeachment charges. The request is regarded as a forlorn hope as the Senate committee weighs the written defense rule while Batista backs the army sugar tax bill. The House impeached Gomez for vetoing the army funded 1.5 million sugar tax measure amid expectations of his ouster. vote results delayed for hours.
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Havana
Miguel Mariano Gomez
National Senate
Gomez
Senate
House of Representatives
AP Dareton
Col
Batista
Fee
Fulgencio Batista
Blast Kills Many Miners In Rosita Mine Disaster
An explosion at Rosita Coal Mine near Eagle Pass Mexico left at least 34 bodies found, with 35 injured miners, as rescue crews searched 80 miles south for five entombed workers. Officials blamed sparks from unknown source for the blast that trapped about 700 miners underground. mass funeral services were planned for victims, all reported as Mexican.
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Mexico
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Coahuila
Torreon
Rosita Coal Mine Company
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